Garment-supporter



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F. W. TAYLOR.

GARMBNT SUPPORTBR.

Patented Nov. 21,1893.

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UNrTnD STATES PATENT Ormea.

FREDERICK W. TAYLOR, -OF LOl/VELL, MASSACHUSETTS.`

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,338, dated November21, 1893. Application filed `February 20. 1893. Serial No. 462,946. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may cm2/cern,.- Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. TAYLOR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented ycertain new anduseful Improvements in GarmentSup porters; andl I do hereby declare thefollowa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to garment 'supporters and is more especiallydesigned in use for trousers, its object being to providea cheap, simpleand eeective device for supporting and preserving the shape of the saidgarments when not in actual use.

To this end my invention consists of a device constructed preferably ofwire in the form of two skeleton side pieces which when Each jaw isformed of a single piece of wire in one, and at the central portionthereof is formed a loop, through which is passed the two projectingends ofthe opposite jaw. The longer of these two ends is formed into asupporting hook for the device.- The other or shorter end is twisted orentwined about the shank of the longer one, thus serving the purpose asa check for the runner or slide which embraces both the said loop andshank ofthe hook, which improvement will be more fully set forth in thefollowing specification and such characteristic features as I believe tobe new and novel, particularly pointed out in the claims to follow. v

To enable others to understand my said invention reference is had to theaccompanylng drawings and to the letters and ligures of reference markedthereon, in which- Figure l, represents a side elevation of the deviceshowing a section of a trousers leg suspended therefrom. Fig. 2, is anend ele vation of the same. Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional view on theline y'of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an end elevation and open position of thesupporter.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

l represents the stationary and 2'the movable jaw. The former,consistingsee Fig. 1-of a single piece of wire bent into the oblongfigure and projected outward at right` angles therefrom and twistedabout each other; the longer end a extending far enough to form the hookportion c as shown. The other or movable, jaw 2 is an exact counterpartof the other with the exception that in the center of the upper rail 2ais formed the bend or loop d. The upper rails la and 2a of the jaws areoperatively united together by means of the clasps or Vbands forming ahinge for the said jaw 2. When assembled together, the twisted shank ofthe hook c will pass through the loop d, as shown more clearly at Fig.l, and therunner or slide 4 will embrace both said shank and loop, andthe corrugated surface formed by the twisting of the short and long endsofthe jaw l as before mentioned, will serve to hold the runner 4 inplace and lock the jaws in a closed position. When-see Fig. 4-the twojaws l and 2 are brought together, rthe loop d will stand at an angle tothe twisted shank portion of the suspending `hook c so that the pressurewill be required to spring said loop toward said shank portion, so as toenable the runner 4 to be carried up to the position shown in Figs. l,2, and 3. When'the inward pressure on said loop is removed, itsresiliency will, in combination with the retaining feature of the runner4 and twisted shank portion before mentioned, exert sufficient holdingpressureon the material placed between the jaws. To loosen this grip,itis only necessary to grasp the hook shank and loop between the thumband finger and exert a slight pressure when the runner will becomedisengaged and fall from its own weight. In forming these jaws l and 2,I preferably spread them at either end as at lb and 2b, (see Figs. 2, 3and 4) for the purpose of giving additional strength to the device, andallowing a garment to be readily attached to the hanger.

In applying this device, the leg portions A, (Fig. l) of the trousersare laid together wit-hl proper regard to the folds therein, land theends are inserted between the befo're mentioned jaws and the wholesuspended by means of the hook c from any convenient place.

From the foregoing, it will beobserved that the construction is cheap,simple and effect ive. The jaws are Wide enough to admit gar- IOO mentsof any and all widths, and, suspending them from the bottom and betweensurfaces or jaws that exert a pressure the entire width of the leg, thewhole weight of the garment will tend to preserve the proper form andretain the longitudinal creases in the leg portion thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what therefore I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. As an improved article of manufacture, a garment supporter of thecharacter described, comprisingr in combination twooblong gripping jawsoperatively hinged together asshown, one of said jaws having a loop andthe other a hook portion extending at right angles from the center ofsaid jaws,

a runner or slide embracing the shank of such hook and said loop forretaining said jaws in a closed position, set forth.

2.2The herein described article of manufacture for supporting garmentsas shown, which consists of two sections constructed each of a singlepiece of wire, bent so as to form an oblong iigure representing thegripping or holding jaws, in one of said sections, the projecting endsare bent at right angles to the jaw, one of such ends being longerandformed into a hook portion from whichthe device is suspended, the otheror shorter end twisted or entwined about the shank of such hook,`theother section of the device having a yloop'or bend therein formed midwayof the jaw, said sections hinged together so that the said shank portionwill pass through the loop of thel section, a runner or slide to embraceboth said loop and shank andhold the jaws in a closed position.

3. In combination, a garment supporter arranged in two sections eachconstructed from a single piece of wire and bent into the oblong ligureto form the gripping jaws and hinged together as shown, the projectingends of one of the sections being of different lengths and bent at rightangles to the jaw or main portion thereof, such ends en twined abouteach other, the longer one terminating in a hook portion, a loop formedmidway 1n the other section to embrace the shank portion of such hook, arunner embracing both,

A such loop and shank, said loop normally arranged at an angle with thesaid portion so that by means of its resilient actions, combined withthe runner and 'twisted portion of the said shank portion the jaws arefirmly locked together, substantially as shown.

It. The combination in a trousers hanger formed principally ot twoparts, each' part composed of a single piece of wire andcomprising aloop shaped gripping `jaw hinged together at their tops and having theirends suitably spread as described of suitable mechanism whereby the sameis locked together, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK WV. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. QUA, JOSEPH S. LAPIERRE.

